Children who are indoctrinated into a religious sect are one thing but don't ask people to have pity for adults who willingly hand over their money and control of their lives to some religious organization. Take some personal control over your own life and act like an adult.
shareactually no any/all religion is a cult
shareWhen you leave Catholicism, no one locks you in the church or runs you down with a car.
We shouldn't minimize the actions scientologists take to prevent people from leaving, and what they do after people leave. They plant cameras outside houses and stalk people. If you're Jewish, they'll get people dressed as Nazi soldiers to picket outside your home. They'll dig through your trash, have strangers follow you around, all in hopes of achieving...what exactly? Who knows? But they'll keep doing it and won't stop.
Tell me any religion that would do this? Tell me a religion that would run you over with a car, thinking that's going to make you want to stay?